Please contribute to planning faculty-wide discussions by suggesting ideas and topics you would like to raise this spring or next year. Because this wiki is semi-public, please be discreet (by avoiding names of individuals, e.g.).
If someone else has listed an idea you would like to see discussed, please add a hash mark after it -- something parenthetical like this (I).
Suggested Topics
Items for Thursday, June 5
Senior projects report (Brian Leipheimer)
College counseling junior questionnaires (also Brian)
Commitments Committee/Friday Schedule Review
- include extra-curricular activities on scheduling request form (M. Pagel) (Athletics is currently included)
- include hw expectations on scheduling request (P. Loach)
Discipline follow-up: Dress code, attendance, study hall, assembly behavior(Would like to hear how study hall's worked this year with current study hall rules)
- J. Bacon helping with dress code
- Jon's summer letter (dress code, attendance)
- unexcused absence info? spelled out in handbook (concerns raised about how this works)
- missing tests late check-in or early check-out (ditto)
set deadlines for a specific date and time rather than a class period
consistency about help/support for unexcused absences
alternative assessment for those with a habit
more penalties
make students an ally (you know you have a problem with...)
Todd H. (BAM!) Amy Rider vetting
cc parents on emails to student
tightening late work policy but allowing one free pass
work due before they leave
India China trips generally worked well
-two different discussions late work and unexcused absence
-absence letter for next year
- a plug for individual treatment
Preview of fall calendar, events Could we talk about Sustainability Day here (April 21st), and the year-long efforts to promote it? And why it's only half a day in the Upper School? (because of number of 4 day weeks at that time of year.)Yes, but I think that will also be covered at the all-school meeting. Do we know yet what yearlong efforts will be unique to US?
- will be culminating event for year of activities
- report back on August 20th
- first day back August 26th Kip Fulbeck (senior project on photographs)
saw Kip at POCC
opening day speaker
small discussion groups
promises to be an exciting day
Will there be classes (TBD (looks like no, or possibly 20 minute classes)
- first semester is a bit compressed
- Oct. 15th John Casey UVA prof, Author of Spartina, Half Life of Happiness
Please contribute to planning faculty-wide discussions by suggesting ideas and topics you would like to raise this spring or next year. Because this wiki is semi-public, please be discreet (by avoiding names of individuals, e.g.).
If someone else has listed an idea you would like to see discussed, please add a hash mark after it -- something parenthetical like this (I).
Suggested Topics
Items for Thursday, June 5Senior projects report (Brian Leipheimer)
College counseling junior questionnaires (also Brian)
Commitments Committee/Friday Schedule Review
- include extra-curricular activities on scheduling request form (M. Pagel) (Athletics is currently included)
- include hw expectations on scheduling request (P. Loach)
Discipline follow-up: Dress code, attendance, study hall, assembly behavior(Would like to hear how study hall's worked this year with current study hall rules)
- J. Bacon helping with dress code
- Jon's summer letter (dress code, attendance)
- unexcused absence info? spelled out in handbook (concerns raised about how this works)
- missing tests late check-in or early check-out (ditto)
- set deadlines for a specific date and time rather than a class period
- consistency about help/support for unexcused absences
- alternative assessment for those with a habit
- more penalties
- make students an ally (you know you have a problem with...)
- Todd H. (BAM!) Amy Rider vetting
- cc parents on emails to student
- tightening late work policy but allowing one free pass
- work due before they leave
- India China trips generally worked well
-two different discussions late work and unexcused absence-absence letter for next year
- a plug for individual treatment
Preview of fall calendar, events Could we talk about Sustainability Day here (April 21st), and the year-long efforts to promote it? And why it's only half a day in the Upper School? (because of number of 4 day weeks at that time of year.)Yes, but I think that will also be covered at the all-school meeting. Do we know yet what yearlong efforts will be unique to US?
- will be culminating event for year of activities
- report back on August 20th
- first day back August 26th Kip Fulbeck (senior project on photographs)
- saw Kip at POCC
- opening day speaker
- small discussion groups
- promises to be an exciting day
- Will there be classes (TBD (looks like no, or possibly 20 minute classes)
- first semester is a bit compressed- Oct. 15th John Casey UVA prof, Author of Spartina, Half Life of Happiness
Student responsibility survey (Todd)
Class of 2007 Alumni Survey